{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2021-46947", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2024-02-25T13:45:52.722Z", "datePublished": "2024-02-27T18:40:32.277Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T13:44:57.975Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T13:44:57.975Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nsfc: adjust efx->xdp_tx_queue_count with the real number of initialized queues\n\nefx->xdp_tx_queue_count is initially initialized to num_possible_cpus() and is\nlater used to allocate and traverse efx->xdp_tx_queues lookup array. However,\nwe may end up not initializing all the array slots with real queues during\nprobing. This results, for example, in a NULL pointer dereference, when running\n\"# ethtool -S \", similar to below\n\n[2570283.664955][T4126959] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 00000000000000f8\n[2570283.681283][T4126959] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode\n[2570283.695678][T4126959] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page\n[2570283.710013][T4126959] PGD 0 P4D 0\n[2570283.721649][T4126959] Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP PTI\n[2570283.734108][T4126959] CPU: 23 PID: 4126959 Comm: ethtool Tainted: G O 5.10.20-cloudflare-2021.3.1 #1\n[2570283.752641][T4126959] Hardware name: \n[2570283.781408][T4126959] RIP: 0010:efx_ethtool_get_stats+0x2ca/0x330 [sfc]\n[2570283.796073][T4126959] Code: 00 85 c0 74 39 48 8b 95 a8 0f 00 00 48 85 d2 74 2d 31 c0 eb 07 48 8b 95 a8 0f 00 00 48 63 c8 49 83 c4 08 83 c0 01 48 8b 14 ca <48> 8b 92 f8 00 00 00 49 89 54 24 f8 39 85 a0 0f 00 00 77 d7 48 8b\n[2570283.831259][T4126959] RSP: 0018:ffffb79a77657ce8 EFLAGS: 00010202\n[2570283.845121][T4126959] RAX: 0000000000000019 RBX: ffffb799cd0c9280 RCX: 0000000000000018\n[2570283.860872][T4126959] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffff96dd970ce000 RDI: 0000000000000005\n[2570283.876525][T4126959] RBP: ffff96dd86f0a000 R08: ffff96dd970ce480 R09: 000000000000005f\n[2570283.892014][T4126959] R10: ffffb799cd0c9fff R11: ffffb799cd0c9000 R12: ffffb799cd0c94f8\n[2570283.907406][T4126959] R13: ffffffffc11b1090 R14: ffff96dd970ce000 R15: ffffffffc11cd66c\n[2570283.922705][T4126959] FS: 00007fa7723f8740(0000) GS:ffff96f51fac0000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000\n[2570283.938848][T4126959] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\n[2570283.952524][T4126959] CR2: 00000000000000f8 CR3: 0000001a73e6e006 CR4: 00000000007706e0\n[2570283.967529][T4126959] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000\n[2570283.982400][T4126959] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400\n[2570283.997308][T4126959] PKRU: 55555554\n[2570284.007649][T4126959] Call Trace:\n[2570284.017598][T4126959] dev_ethtool+0x1832/0x2830\n\nFix this by adjusting efx->xdp_tx_queue_count after probing to reflect the true\nvalue of initialized slots in efx->xdp_tx_queues." } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx_channels.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "e26ca4b535820b1445dcef3c0f82b3fb5b45108b", "lessThan": "ebeac958b690123a0b40aa61f688f2f170035fad", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "e26ca4b535820b1445dcef3c0f82b3fb5b45108b", "lessThan": "99ba0ea616aabdc8e26259fd722503e012199a76", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" } ] }, { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx_channels.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "5.12", "status": "affected" }, { "version": "0", "lessThan": "5.12", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "5.12.3", "lessThanOrEqual": "5.12.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "5.13", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix" } ] } ], "cpeApplicability": [ { "nodes": [ { "operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [ { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.12", "versionEndExcluding": "5.12.3" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.12", "versionEndExcluding": "5.13" } ] } ] } ], "references": [ { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ebeac958b690123a0b40aa61f688f2f170035fad" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/99ba0ea616aabdc8e26259fd722503e012199a76" } ], "title": "sfc: adjust efx->xdp_tx_queue_count with the real number of initialized queues", "x_generator": { "engine": "bippy-1.2.0" } }, "adp": [ { "metrics": [ { "other": { "type": "ssvc", "content": { "id": "CVE-2021-46947", "role": "CISA Coordinator", "options": [ { "Exploitation": "none" }, { "Automatable": "no" }, { "Technical Impact": "partial" } ], "version": "2.0.3", "timestamp": "2024-02-27T19:26:26.260360Z" } } } ], "title": "CISA ADP Vulnrichment", "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0", "shortName": "CISA-ADP", "dateUpdated": "2024-07-05T17:22:02.366Z" } }, { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "shortName": "CVE", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-04T05:17:42.996Z" }, "title": "CVE Program Container", "references": [ { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ebeac958b690123a0b40aa61f688f2f170035fad", "tags": [ "x_transferred" ] }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/99ba0ea616aabdc8e26259fd722503e012199a76", "tags": [ "x_transferred" ] } ] } ] } }